Effects of exercise or oocyte heat shock on embryo development and gene expression in the horse

Horse owners commonly maintain their broodmares in training and competition during the breeding season. The effect this has on mare reproductive efficiency has received limited attention. Heat stress has shown to be detrimental to oocyte competence in other species and heat shock protein 70 has been...

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Main Author: Mortensen, Christopher John
Other Authors: Vogelsang, Martha
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1232
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1232